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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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